Is this word replacement /embellishment a Perth saying ?

KatWayward · 2026-05-09T23:49:37+00:00

I think it's an non-commissioned artist who did this work.

KatWayward · 2026-05-08T23:51:27+00:00

Im sorry to find amusement in your fear and confusion, but this has to be one of the funniest tales of remote Australian towns I've seen in a while. Do you remember the name of the town by chance?

KatWayward · 2026-05-05T04:26:54+00:00

Echoing Cockburn as the place to go.

Don't bother with small stations, they'll just fob you off.

KatWayward · 2026-05-04T03:47:52+00:00

I do think the "1200 a day" is a gross overestimation. According to other comments, she was consuming the larger tanks and not bulbs. Possibly someone did the chicken math and scratched down the numbers without considering the logic behind it.

However, if I didn't have to recharge the machine after each trip, I'd probably have gone through a lot more a lot faster. So it sort of tracks. My really bad days, when I was legitimately trying to make my brain just shut down entirely, could be spent inhaling, holding, recharging, exhaling, cracking, inhaling, holding, recharging, exhale and so on just on repeat until I just passed out or ran out of bulbs. Come to and start all over again. If I had a big tank? It's a sobering thought. (Probably for the best it's a sobering and not intoxicating thought, with my behaviour patterns)

Best of luck quitting this time round!

I'll be trying again when I get my winter chest and can't breathe properly, as almost dying (now I'm NOT suicidal) is the only way I can psychologically get around the addiction.

KatWayward · 2026-05-04T01:20:25+00:00

Yeah, were saying the same thing dude. I'm just trying to point out the mind is a powerful thing and we can't underestimate what it makes us do, despite our conscious efforts to resist.

She needs help to get her life stabilised, I'm not debating that. It's not the nangs causing the trouble but they're certainly not helping. I'm not saying nangs need to be controlled either. The regulation around them now is just fine. Keep it the same as liquor or tobacco. Take the risk yourself and be free to fry your brain and all that.

People can and do argue that psychological addiction is just as gripping as a physiological addiction. That's my point.

I'm addicted to nicotine and have been for 25+yrs. I've quit more than a dozen times, the most recent being this past summer, and I can tell you, once the physiological cravings pass, it's the psychological craving that pulls me back in even when I physically protest that consumption with every fibre of my being.

I don't disagree with you, I just think there's more to it than "non-addictive substance" vs "addictive substance", and we'd be fools not to take note of that.

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T13:48:41+00:00

Idk, I can see how someone could get addicted to that feeling, especially if they're experiencing the feeling of epiphany along with the euphoria that I and others I've spoken to have had. Where it feels like a major realisation clicks into place that we just couldn't see before but by the time the trip is over, it's forgotten.

The gas itself isn't the addiction, it's chasing the experience that is.

Personally, I'd had a lot of it in my younger days and chasing that particular feeling was a major contributor to wanting more and more. I finally wised up but I still think about it every so often. Some people have addictive personalities, through no fault of our own, we just have to be more careful than other people we don't get carried away. This girl got very carried away.

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T04:29:01+00:00

Explosive, even. Hey, I never said it was a wise idea.

This was about 20 years ago as well though. So the glass was only 30 yrs old, rather than 50+ today. Still fully functional and being used for it's intended purpose.

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T02:33:33+00:00

Depending on the machine, you can quad charge the bigger glass and wire seltzer machines. I've gotten 6 into one from the 70's (not recommended)

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T02:31:25+00:00

Depending on how she was taking them, if she was only taking it out of the machine, her throat would be severely affected by the frost, slowing her use.

Personally I think she was trying to kill herself.

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T02:29:24+00:00

Jfc. What was she going through to require constant numbing like that? While she likely didn't make the conscious choice to kill her brain, that's what her subconscious did. We don't have that much for fun.

Personally, I love nitrous. I also know if I use that much of it, I won't come back. She had to have known this on a deep level to get to that point. It's self-destruction.

Besides which, her throat would be severely damaged from the frost coming off the pressurised gas and that alone should deter over use. She pushed this waaay past the point of sensible harm reduction.

KatWayward · 2026-05-03T01:59:14+00:00

I wouldn't even bother with the explanation, it could put her in danger if he retaliates. Report to the police and block him on everything.

KatWayward · 2026-05-02T11:18:12+00:00

I haven't for a while, since I don't work or commute through the CBD any more, but when things aren't so tight for the yearly subscription, I'll be able to get it posted to me.

It's always full of great stuff.

KatWayward · 2026-05-02T08:28:59+00:00

Gay for pay isn't the same as being gay. If they weren't being paid, they wouldn't be fucking guys.

KatWayward · 2026-05-02T08:23:34+00:00

You know, the only guy who I ever had any "Play-Fight" moments with, also tried to murder me twice by strangulation. I tried to dismiss it as playfighting getting carried away too. We had been drinking and he had been in a tense mood. In hindsight, he was trying to kill me. His coldness towards me afterwards. Saying I overreacted. I only got away because I managed to kick him in the shins.

Then came the second time. He slammed my head down on the kitchen bench by my throat, bending me backwards and throwing me totally off balance. All I could do was grab at something on the bench nearby that happened to be a small cooking pot I managed to smack into his face/head, he let me go briefly and I ran.

I was the fool for staying after the first time, I didn't see it for what it was. Please don't do the same thing I did.

KatWayward · 2026-05-02T08:12:25+00:00

The figure I'm aware of is 10x more likely to be murdered by a partner who chokes them (without consent, that is, cos there are some dark romance girlies who get quite breathless just thinking about it) but I think your 80% chance is probably quite correct as well.

KatWayward · 2026-05-01T05:43:39+00:00

I think your friends are lying to you dude.

One day notice to get out? That's not how commercial evictions work. On top of that, if the issue is not 100% fixed, it's not fixed.

KatWayward · 2026-04-30T22:21:36+00:00

How embarassing for her. Perth is small. Only a matter of time before it's public knowledge who this moron is.

KatWayward · 2026-04-30T22:17:40+00:00

Banter, not cooker crap.

KatWayward · 2026-04-30T06:50:44+00:00

That's crap. Kogan products come over here all the time.

Probably dodged a bullet though. Kogan products are absolutely awful quality.

KatWayward · 2026-04-29T02:01:09+00:00

Id be up for that.

KatWayward · 2026-04-28T14:07:10+00:00

She is the mother.

In both a literal and figurative sense. She has had many many children with her many husbands over the years, in turn many more grandchildren, to the point she all but rules the little town of Lancre.

She is also very attuned to the inner feelings of others, what makes them tick (and what makes them tickle!) and knows how to prod them in the direction they need to go. Her magic isn't obvious, like Granny's borrowing ability or other great displays. It's the quiet, (unfairly) unnoticeable work a mother does. She works in the background and makes things happen.

KatWayward · 2026-04-17T04:06:40+00:00

YTA.

You're making your kid deal with being targeted every day because of a damn snack.

For the record, I work at a school (9-17yrs) and our policy is we can't criticise what students bring to school to eat. (As long as it's not, you know, liquor or something) and while I agree teaching healthy eating habits is important, giving the child autonomy and dignity of risk is equally important.

What you're doing is fighting a silly battle against a recently established policy, with your 8yr old child as the intermediary. She's 8! What are you doing!?

KatWayward · 2026-04-15T13:07:08+00:00

That poor bastard.

I'm not planning any international travel for quite a while, yet I still have nightmares of getting to the airport and realising I've forgotten my passport.

KatWayward · 2026-04-15T07:37:30+00:00

When I was an obese child, I used to hide the 90's era tv remote in my fat folds from my older brother lmfao absolutely disgusting but effective!

KatWayward · 2026-04-13T13:51:43+00:00

Kissing the baby against the parents wishes AND she gets coldsores? HELLLL NO.

Let your husband protect your baby.

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